A User Equipment (UE) including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from a cellular station. The controller uses one or more first preambles within a PRACH time-frequency resource to perform a synchronous transmission on the PRACH to the cellular station via the wireless transceiver, or uses one or more second preambles within the PRACH time-frequency resource to perform an asynchronous transmission or a synchronous transmission on the PRACH to the cellular station via the wireless transceiver.
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1. A User Equipment (UE), comprising: a wireless transceiver, configured to perform wireless transmission and reception to and from a cellular station; and a controller, configured to use one or more first preambles within a PRACH time-frequency resource to perform a synchronous transmission on the PRACH to the cellular station via the wireless transceiver, and use one or more second preambles within the PRACH time-frequency resource to perform either of at least two different types of transmission, the two different types of transmission comprising an asynchronous transmission and a synchronous transmission on the PRACH to the cellular station via the wireless transceiver; wherein the controller is further configured to receive a random access response to the synchronous transmission from the cellular station via the wireless transceiver, and the random access response does not include a Timing Advance (TA) command.
2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first preambles are generated using one or more first Zadoff-Chu (ZC) roots within the PRACH time-frequency resource, and the second preambles are generated using one or more second ZC roots within the PRACH time-frequency resource, wherein the number of the first ZC roots is less than the number of the second ZC roots.
3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first preambles are generated by applying a first cyclic shift, and the second preambles are generated by applying a second cyclic shift that is greater than the first cyclic shift.
4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the random access response does not include a temporary Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI).
5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the bandwidth required for the synchronous transmission is narrower than the bandwidth required for the asynchronous transmission.
6. A method for efficient PRACH utilization, executed by a UE wirelessly connected to a cellular station, the method comprising: using one or more first preambles within a PRACH time-frequency resource to perform a synchronous transmission on the PRACH to the cellular station; using one or more second preambles within the PRACH time-frequency resource to perform either of at least two different types of transmission, the two different types of transmission comprising an asynchronous transmission and a synchronous transmission on the PRACH to the cellular station; and receiving a random access response to the synchronous transmission from the cellular station, wherein the random access response does not include a Timing Advance (TA) command.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first preambles are generated using one or more first ZC roots within the PRACH time-frequency resource, and the second preambles are generated using one or more second ZC roots within the PRACH time-frequency resource, wherein the number of the first ZC roots is less than the number of the second ZC roots.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first preambles are generated by applying a first cyclic shift, and the second preambles are generated by applying a second cyclic shift that is greater than the first cyclic shift.
9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising: wherein the random access response does not include a temporary Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI).
10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the bandwidth required for the synchronous transmission is narrower than the bandwidth required for the asynchronous transmission.
11. A cellular station, comprising: a wireless transceiver, configured to perform wireless transmission and reception to and from a UE; and a controller, configured to configure one or more first preambles within a PRACH time-frequency resource for the UE to perform a synchronous transmission on the PRACH, configure one or more second preambles within the PRACH time-frequency resource for the UE to perform either of at least two different types of transmission, the two different types of transmission comprising an asynchronous transmission and a synchronous transmission on the PRACH, and transmit configurations of the first preambles and second preambles within the PRACH time-frequency resource to the UE via the wireless transceiver, wherein the controller is further configured to transmit a random access response to the synchronous transmission to the UE via the wireless transceiver, and the random access response does not include a Timing Advance (TA) command.
12. The cellular station of claim 11 , wherein the first preambles are generated using one or more first ZC roots within the PRACH time-frequency resource, and the second preambles are generated using one or more second ZC roots within the PRACH time-frequency resource, wherein the number of the first ZC roots is less than the number of the second ZC roots.
13. The cellular station of claim 11 , wherein the first preambles are generated by applying a first cyclic shift, and the second preambles are generated by applying a second cyclic shift that is greater than the first cyclic shift.
14. The cellular station of claim 11 , wherein the random access response does not include a temporary Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI).
15. The cellular station of claim 11 , wherein the bandwidth required for the synchronous reception is narrower than the bandwidth required for the asynchronous reception.
16. A method for efficient PRACH utilization, executed by a cellular station wirelessly connected to a UE, the method comprising: configuring one or more first preambles within a PRACH time-frequency resource for the UE to perform a synchronous transmission on the PRACH; configuring one or more second preambles within the PRACH time-frequency resource for the UE to perform either of at least two different types of transmission, the two different types of transmission comprising an asynchronous transmission and a synchronous transmission on the PRACH; transmitting configurations of the first preambles and the second preambles within the PRACH time-frequency resource to the UE; and transmitting a random access response to the synchronous transmission to the UE, wherein the random access response does not include a Timing Advance (TA) command.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first preambles are generated using one or more first ZC roots within the PRACH time-frequency resource, and the second preambles are generated using one or more second ZC roots within the PRACH time-frequency resource, wherein the number of the first ZC roots is less than the number of the second ZC roots.
18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first preambles are generated by applying a first cyclic shift, and the second preambles are generated by applying a second cyclic shift that is greater than the first cyclic shift.
19. The method of claim 16 , further comprising: wherein the random access response does not include a temporary Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI).
20. The method of claim 16 , wherein the bandwidth required for the synchronous reception is narrower than the bandwidth required for the asynchronous reception.
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